CyHi The Prynce - Mandela Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
CYHI! I'm a freedom fighter, Dalai Lama from a weed supplier
I'm Muhammad to the rap game, that's my last name, my first should be Elijah
And I need a choir, frequent flyer gold medallion: Jesus piece
I'm the one the real G's admire cause I'm trying to get niggas to leave the streets
Speak to these, niggas through the frequencies
To compete with me, you gone need a Priest to preach
Or your sweetest niece to give a hell of a Easter speech
I keep the heat, right there underneath the seat
Got pulled over by the Police this week
They ask me why I got this fully loaded piece with me
I say "Officer I'm just trying to make home peacefully"
So I'm riding with the rifle, another iron, and a Bible
Call my niggas out in Paris help 'em climb up the Eiffel
We don't give a fuck cause it's all about survival
More than what you getting and it turn you homicidal
Y'all know that I'm the best but I swear y'all in denial
And they don't wanna say it cause I'm better than they idol
Got the mind of a disciple when I'm rocking a revival
But I'm soon to be the King fuck you and your team, bada-boom bada-bing
If you don't like the way I rule my regime
Like the month before June nigga spring
I'm Desmond Tutu mixed with the Zeus of the Zulus
I'm the leader of the new school man I swear I'm starting to feel like...
[Hook 1:]
Mandela! Nelson Nelson! (I want my troops in the field like)
Mandela! Nelson Nelson! (All these niggas wanna kill)
Mandela! Nelson Nelson! (Y'all gone make me do 20 years like)
Mandela! Nelson Nelson! (Man I'm starting to feel like)
[Hook 2:]
Like Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela
Like Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela
Like Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela
Like Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela
[Verse 2:]
Nelson Mandela get to know your ancestors
Can't tell me they ain't jealous of a 7-gram seller
It was something about Mary, nigga I was Ben Stiller
Now the fans fan-mail us all the way from Manchester
Can't tell us shit if you ain't never spent
Time trying to sell a nick just to get
The car with the trunk in the front
Shawty that's a elephant
Intelligent nigga with hella sense
Speak with such eloquence
Ever since I been on my regimen
Niggas been upset with Prynce
But let 'em vent while I start a revolution
Seem like when your work hard, you never get your retribution
Niggas sending threats but I Keep something with me
Sound like dooka-dooka-dooka when I'm shootin'
Same ones that was singing Huey Newton
Prince to a King, you don't see the evolution
20 years in the pen, man that's really execution
So I encourage each and every student
To stay in school, play it cool, obey the rules or
Pay your dues, make a move, take a tool or
Write some raps, make a mixtape with Clue, and
You can be dope as me, April Fool's Boy
Trying to get 40 acres and a mule boy
Ridin with 40 acres in a two door
I feel like Larenz Tate in the pool hall
Right before Terrance opened up them Newports
[Hook 1]
[Hook 2]
Other Lyrics by Artist
- CyHi The Prynce - Start A War
- CyHi The Prynce - Mandela
- CyHi The Prynce - Napoleon
- CyHi The Prynce - Interlude
- CyHi The Prynce - Be Great
- CyHi The Prynce - Basquiat
- CyHi The Prynce - 3 16
- CyHi The Prynce - Barry White
- CyHi The Prynce - Is It Me
- CyHi The Prynce - February 29th
- CyHi The Prynce - Cydel Young
- CyHi The Prynce - Coretta
- CyHi The Prynce - Good Night
- CyHi The Prynce - Guitar Melody
- CyHi The Prynce - Outro Interlude
- CyHi The Prynce - Huey
- CyHi The Prynce - Intro (Black Hystori)
- CyHi The Prynce - Round The Corner
Rand Lyrics
Last Posts
Beyonce Shakes the Internet with Surprise Super Bowl Tease and New Music Release
Beyoncé once again set the digital world abuzz with her latest musical surprise. In an unforgettable move during the Super Bowl, a Verizon commercial served...
Watch Usher’s Full Super Bowl 2024 Halftime Performance Usher, Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris,
At the 2024 Super Bowl, Usher redefined the halftime show with a dazzling, career-highlight performance that will be remembered for years to come. Taking the...
Usher Unveils ‘Coming Home’: A Journey Through Sound and Soul in His Latest Album
Spanning three decades in the music industry, Usher has consistently mesmerized fans with his soulful tunes and magnetic performances. However, his most recent project, Coming...
CyHi The Prynce Mandela Comments
He’s been the best lyricist for awhile. I’m pretty positive he writes most to Kanye’s songs for him. Cyhi is one of the artists I respect most in the game for long time now, him tech n9ne, joyner, and a few others. Also if anyone hasn’t heard of mike stud check him out ASAP
Cyhi the 👑 King 👏👏👏👏🇿🇦
Cy hi forever 2019
What a powerful song, this needs more views !!
This dude did what rappers in SA failed to do. I still can't get enough of this song. Much love from South Africa 🙌
2019. Never gets old. This is a Classic!
This song is live. Beat/chant gives you goosebumps
good Cool Awesome hip-hop music black music month local jammed Atlanta music favorite song
Wow this is what the kids need too be screaming and rapping!!!!! Fazt
$@LUT€
Happy Birthday Mandela!!!! #MandelaEffect
🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 represent
Kanyisa Tyopo ✊✊✊✊✊
Mzansi Africa stand up bafetu🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Should've been in black panther.
Black Panther theme song, this song will be powerful forever!!!!!
SO FUCKING PUMPED FOR BLACK PANTHER
I want someone to do a animated music video showing clips of the new Black Panther movie sequences to this track
this ain't hit a mill yet
The music industry doesn’t want smart intelligent individuals listening to these types of lyrics because they will spark a chain reaction which will show people they’ve been conditioned to like crap new age rap with no real message nothing but money, bitches, drugs and materialistic bullshit.
Poop and mandela sold out his own people for his own freedom
share share share -- get this in peoples faces !!!!!!!
Better than Kendrick tbh
U cant compare them.. 2 totally different styles!
this shit goes hard
Not even 500 thou ? 😥Smh
Great song!
Cyhi is a beast. very slept on. I lo e when he did songs from Black History Project live on sway a couple years ago.
Main stream wise, which I barely listen to, he need to be up there with Kendrick, Cole and so on.
He is very gifted lyrically and thats coming from an old school hip hop head.
This dude is straight fire!!
For all of you worried about keeping "hip-hop" alive keep liking these vids and contribute to the artist. Cyhi is one i invest in. If you love hip hop, my man Bobby T is an up-and-coming battle rapper, and he absolutely has next. First body Wilmington, April 29. Whomsoever it may be will provide link and more info in days to come.
Incredible!
The real GOOD Music
My Black History Month Playlist For February ❤️🖤💚✊🏾
We he rhyme, the heavens stop and listen.
This needs fo real more VIEWS! Cyhi your a BEAST!
Why is this song not on spotify??
saaaame
I'm here because of CRITIC RAP RAP CRITIC
He so under rated smh easy top 5
Denzel Tyler-Short ever? Nahh not yet dude
Who else came here from Rap Critic?
Flexecute I actually just got done watching that episode and was gonna download it cause it was actually a pretty badass song lol
me too man lol
lol me.
They had me at the Shaka Zulu sample🔥. Only real ones know what I'm talking about 💯
Never leave an enemy behind.
Real shit
Legendary verse
this just made me a fan
The meaning of this song hits you
what album is this on ?
Black History Project. It's one of the dopest bodies of work out. The whole album is fire.
i got hit by a car while listening to this song...worth it
😂😂😂
lmao u fool
salute to you my fellow king!
commenting so this can get more recognized. love this song
Cyhi the King
This man needs more recognition, sad trap music & other terrible sngs with terrible rappers you knw more of. man when are we gonna get past this stage & put lyrical artist who speak deeper then typical mainstream artist on the map & noticed....
Most underrated MC
Man this beat is the best I ever heard the power of 808s
can I just mention how he compares himself to Nelson Mandela and Ben Stiller in the same song?
+The Twisted Hero Humble-bragging.
omg. Just omg.
Twisted Hero You can milk anything with nipples. Into a little saucer.
you should come to South Africa man you dope
This shit is doper than Kendrick's track. Here you can feel the passion in entire project. TPAB is so pretentious and overrated.
lifestraight I think it shouldn't be compared to things like "sing about me" or things like that, the slower, more quiet ones on sing about me. I don't think it's better than these.
This is more similar to King Kunta, and those on tpab, and it's better that those.
@PXEntei What shouldn't be compared to "Sing About Me"? And you don't think Cyhi's songs are better than Kendrick's slower more quiet songs?
Nemo tbh him n Kendrick are better then these sloppy ass rappers today ....I'll to sum revelutionary dopeness before listening to lil yachty shit
I get what your saying man but you cannot really blame Kendrick for that. I think Kendrick is genuine about his work but i think his biggest weakness is his voice. If you replaced Cyhi's stronger voice with those TPAB tracks you would like it more. trust me lol. Itss Kendrick's voice that makes it seem like there isnt passion.,he cant help that
Marcus Babb bruh kendrick voice is fine and to these that say this track is better than whole tpab
One bar is enough
"soon to be the king fk your madafaking team bada bumm bada bim"
This track is dope but man you can't compare tpab to bragadious track
Someone needs to do a drum cover to this.
I CANNOT STOP WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THIS
Amazing song Amazing performance on Sway, however the video is not very good. Which explains the low views. Not Cyhi's fault the director's vision fails the song.
Dopest video of 2014
Sway got me here
I know he means well, but it's a little disrespectful to Madeba to use Shaka's song.. Medaba has his own song... Guess Americans are too much out of touch with the Motherland..
I hate when people say this because If we back track I'm pretty sure any American can name a country in Africa I bet money that you can't name a single state in the US that's not New York.
@KeivSims I most certainly can name a whole lot more states than NY hahaha... dude. First of all, I'm not tryin to say anything I know nothing about as far as your country goes. You don't even realize they are both from South Africa and you start about a whole continent. Secondly, I read extensively (books and articles from professors, not blogs) about the history of the Americas including the genocides of New World Indians, Africans and Chinese to build what is now a country promoting unhealthy obese lifestyles with big size models while still promoting the anorexia model ideal. I don't want your money and I'm not gonna list any state, since I could've easily googled it and lie. Perhaps not a smart statement on your side. Also backtrack (one word in US) is probably not the best choice of words with what you were trying to say, just saying. You showed your ignorance and once again showed the rest of the world that Americans actually believe they are smarter than any random African. Vent over. Point is, an American says something about South African Hero's, in a way I'm not sure is respectful. So I say something about it. Even if I couldn't name any state, how would that be relevant to my original post?
.Rap God....Respect....
Pasen la tarea a la derecha
if u aint see that sway performance .. watch it makes u appreciate this a lil more if that is even possible
These views are disrespectful af smh
Sooooooo disrespectful that's crazy.... smh I rock with it tho so oh well
True smh
Right if Kendrick or J.cole spit the same bars and flow this would've been at 97 million smh
I dont understand the low views
usually I'm late and the artist is already famous
me either up to this day i still can't
They dont want to hear about black empowerment
Lyricist like CYHI get 36,534 views but these new wack rappers get 6 million in couple days. Dang.Rap truly is bad now.
For real. I like "Bad and Boujee" but it's a crime that that has nearly 200 million views and this only has just over 100 thousand. This should have the 200 million.
lifestraight Worst part is that this is going on 3 years!! Black folks swear they care about being "woke" or revolutionary but won't support artists trying to wake the public up with real content. Tired of wack music being consumed at scale and being given a platform. The audience remains the problem.
@Stephen Obisanya LOL Word. I didn't even take the time into consideration! I agree with you too. Artists like CyHi Da Prynce should most definitely enjoy greater fanfare from the Black community. The audience definitely helps dictate the pulse of music and right now they are giving more life to trap music. I will be fair in saying the audience is also giving life to Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole though so maybe Cyhi needs more marketing dollars.
Cuz fuckboys control the airwaves.
i think those artists are paying for views and Cyhi isn't !
Defiantly underrated..
This song is powerful
this should hav 100000million views
Most rap about drug lords etc and get 10 million views in a week but Cyhi raps about a legendary hero who stood for equality and justice and he gets only 300k REALLY!!!
this song is incredible!!!
wish i could find this instrumental lol
missing half of the layers lol
this is fuking crazy
I WANT THIS ON SPOTIFY
Ikr !!!! Smh
+christy nsiny download the mixtape for free
Best MC in the game right now. I'd love to see him make a track with Common and Black Thought.
That would be hot. Black Thought would reign supreme and Cyhi would hold his own against Common for sure.
R.I.P Mandela
This song goes soo damn hard!
If this song was on Yeezus it would be the best track on the album. Can see why Kanye has kept him on the down low. Fuck ill take this bass drop over blood on the leaves any day. My ears are melting from that shit goddam
Late reply, but blood on the leaves was one of my favourite tracks of 2013
he kno he killed this no comments needed
The views on this video are a huge understatement of the quality of this track, it's off the chain! !!!!!
The views on this video tells you that people out there don't know real shit..they like gimmicks
Great song but hooks sounds like juicy j
Just leave kanye cyhi please
If Snoop Dogg can change his name to Snoop Lion, i see no reason for Cyhi The Prynce not to become Cyhi The King #KingCyhi
Hell yeah :)
makes me wanna put on a black glove and slap white people
oh man this sound is hard yo, exceptional!
Only a black man can wear all white in the middle of the desert.
Hate me if you like for this but I feel like if you rapping for Mandela You might not want to use Nigga so much. Mandela stood for more than that.
shut up nigga mandela prolly used the n word
Dope track, cool video to match
Another unique production by Kanye West...this time he uses the Shaka Zulu theme as the beat, interesting!!! and the lyrics are so relevant.
Lol Kanye didnt produce this
kanye did not produce this
He wish he did
Is that Kanye on the hook?? Great song!!
Imagine a remix to this song that features gilbere forte, Travi$ scott, kanye west, and A$AP Rocky
@Tim Da $corpio Thought I was the only one who listened to forte
@Malibongwe Mfiki nah, I listen to him as well, he's dope as fuck lol
Take out Travis Scott I dont know who Gilbere Forte is
KING TIM nah imagine a remix featuring Kendrick Lamar only and just him and Kendrick spending a whole versing rapping off of each other.
KING TIM that sounds lame. Theyd ruin it
CyHi is too nice, people been sleeping on him forever. Kanye needs to drop Big Seans wack ass and put on CyHi and Pusha T more
We need more content from a lot of the new rappers.....cyhi did it on this mixtape, this track, Basquiat, coretta, dude been puttin out dope material, hope he stop writin for Ye as much and put more stuff out like this for himself
Great tribute